Termination of the SAR-III treaty direct consequence of Russia's deliberate destruction of global security architecture – FM Sybiha
The termination of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between Russia and the United States (SAR-III Treaty) is a direct consequence of Russia’s deliberate destruction of the global security architecture and a manipulation to undermine support for Ukraine, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha believes.
"Putin wants all rules to be selective or questionable, and new rules to be established solely with his consent. And this is exactly what he cannot be allowed to do. Moscow violated the treaty and withdrew from it in 2023. Putin is now using this as another tool of nuclear blackmail to undermine international support for Ukraine. No one should succumb to this manipulation. The Russian economy is entering a recession due to Putin’s refusal to end the war against Ukraine. Putin does not have the funds for a new strategic arms race," Sybiha wrote on the social network X.
He stressed that Moscow "can and must be contained."
"The United States and its European allies successfully contained the USSR in the 1970s and 1980s, and they can certainly contain Russia, which cannot match the Soviet Union. Ukraine, as the country that has made the greatest contribution to non-proliferation and global denuclearization, has the right to call on transatlantic unity to remain strong and principled, despite Russia’s gambling and bluffing," the minister stressed. He added that the expiration of the new INF Treaty should also mark the end of nuclear blackmail by Russia.